These player rankings track a player's value for the remainder of the season.

TEAM DEFENSE

Mv

Rank

Player

Team

Bye

1

Houston Texans

HOU

8

2

Chicago Bears

CHI

6

3

San Francisco 49ers

SFO

9

4

Seattle Seahawks

SEA

11

5

Baltimore Ravens

BAL

8

6

Arizona Cardinals

ARI

10

7

Green Bay Packers

GBP

10

8

Atlanta Falcons

ATL

7

9

Philadelphia Eagles

PHI

7

10

New York Giants

NYG

11

11

Minnesota Vikings

MIN

11

12

Dallas Cowboys

DAL

5

13

Pittsburgh Steelers

PIT

4

14

New England Patriots

NEP

9

15

San Diego Chargers

SDC

7

16

Denver Broncos

DEN

7

17

Miami Dolphins

MIA

7

18

Cincinnati Bengals

CIN

8

19

New York Jets

NYJ

9

20

Cleveland Browns

CLE

10

21

St. Louis Rams

STL

9

22

Carolina Panthers

CAR

6

23

Kansas City Chiefs

KCC

7

24

Washington Redskins

WAS

10

25

Detroit Lions

DET

5

26

Buffalo Bills

BUF

8

27

Tennessee Titans

TEN

11

28

Indianapolis Colts

IND

4

29

Oakland Raiders

OAK

5

30

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

TBB

5

31

New Orleans Saints

NOS

6

32

Jacksonville Jaguars

JAC

6

Green Bay Packers –
It's a ripple effect: the offense isn't putting up video-game numbers, so opposing offenses don't have to take as many chances, so the sack and turnover numbers are down, so the defensive scores are down.

Pittsburgh Steelers –
Good to have James Harrison and Troy Polamalu back, even if Head & Shoulders only stuck around for a little while. The Steelers are starting to hit like previous Pittsburgh teams, and that's going to lead to defensive scores.